5 Quick-Fun Tweets & 1 Quick-Fun Idea – Happy Thanksgiving! 🥧🦃🍻

Enjoy the day! The shopping! And the 4-day weekend! 🙌

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5 QUICK-FUN TWEETS:

* It’s Thanksgiving Day, so we’ll make this quick, fun, and insightful!

>> [ think BIGGER! ]

We’re trained to think procedurally — with a step-by-step mindset. Instead, start to think on what it means to scale exponentially.

Visualize Value @visualizevalue

“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth.” — Albert Bartlett

>> [ 2022 is coming in HOT! ]

Some early startup insights on where 2022 is headed.

GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg

Where 2022 is going: DeFi is converging with NFTs NFTs are converging with gaming Gaming is converging with social Social is converging with ecommerce Ecommerce is converging with creator economy Creator economy is converging with web3 2022 is going be a good year for startups.

>> [ speed in EVERYTHING! ]

Speed does not mean fast. Running feels awesome! But a nice walk outdoors can be just as fantastic too!

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

The Speed Paradox You have to slow down to speed up. Slowing down gives you the time to be deliberate with your actions. You can focus, gather energy, and deploy your resources more efficiently. It allows you to focus on leverage and ROI, not effort. Move slow to move fast.

>> [ work SMARTER! ]

Founders — vs. employees — see outsized returns. But as one of the first employees at a startup, often times you’re putting in just as much time & effort as the founding team for what is just a fraction of the rewards.

Shaan Puri @ShaanVP

If you work in tech - joining a startup is a bad financial decision. Employee #1 gets 10x or 20x LESS equity a founder gets + takes a salary cut. Big companies pay way more, and have less stress. $$ wise - Start a startup or work at a big co

>> [ time for a ZOOM! ]

Are you lonely? Then you’re gonna love this!

Brent Beshore @BrentBeshore

*Zoom

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1 QUICK-FUN IDEA:

* A new take on Search & Discovery.

This past week, someone posted the following:

🤗 Cure boredom: This website will take you to a random livestreamer who has no other viewers.

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The concept behind this form of discovery is hilarious. It is quite literary the opposite of everything that Google is optimized for.

That said, it’d be great to see more of these types of mechanisms in the wild — where people can still bring attention to smaller and not-at-all-viral content, products, ideas, and ways of thinking to the masses.

Cheers!

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Have a great Thanksgiving Day! 🦃

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